It sounds like you are talking about IIS, where the session ID was the memory handle to the session object....
George Sexton MH Software, Inc. http://www.mhsoftware.com/ Voice: 303 438 9585 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Pannell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:05 AM > To: 'tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org' > Subject: Unique Session ID's - are they really generated? > > > Hi, > > On some application servers I have used in the past when you > shut them down > and restarted the server it was possible that duplicate > session ID's were > generated matching those in a previously running instance of > the server. > > Does anyone know if tomcat really has Unique Session ID > creation. That is I > leave tomcat running for a week. Stop it. Start it. Is it > possible that a > duplication session ID will be created in my new running instance that > matches a session ID created in my previous running instance. > > I just want to know does tomcat really guarantee unique > Session ID's even > over shutdown and start ups?? > > Thanks, > Steve. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]